Kosmos

Culture, travel, fashion and culinary delights: the Kosmos pages of Lufthansa Magazin bring you interesting and useful tidbits from around the world

Ship ahoy!

American sculptor Nancy Rubins has created a giant bouquet of flowers out of 2000 boats and other vessels. She calls it “Big Edge” and it stands in Las Vegas – in the middle of the hot, dusty Mojave Desert.

A feast for the senses

Eyes open, taste buds ready to receive! Gourmets from around the world flock to Spectrum, the two Michelin-starred restaurant at Amsterdam’s Waldorf Astoria hotel. Sidney Schutte and his team not only serve the finest food, they are also masters of presentation, as evidenced by this herring with puffed potato and dill milk, miso cinnamon cream, and bacon-infused egg yolk (above).

Paddling pigs

These charming porkers are the sole inhabitants of the Bahamian island Big Major Cay. Popularly known as “Pig Beach”, the island attracts throngs of tourists who come here to pet and feed the swimming piggies.